Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. Video

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I made four cards using new supplies.

PRETTY PANSIES

Pansies are very pretty and colorful flowers. Using new Pretty Pansies set you can get a quite realistic results.

To make this card I first stamped flowers and leaves onto a Solar White cardstock. Many flowers and leaves as you can see. There was a lot of stamping, since each element has 3-4 layers. With layered stamps, especially if you need to stamp many elements, you will not always get a quick card. I like stamping a lot, so it isn’t a problem for me, rather a therapy. And the result is totally worth it.

Besides one quality of Altenew die inks helped to make things faster. Almost all of them do not stain stamps and do not leave any ink residue on stamp after cleaning it (only a couple of them do).

You may faced such problem with other inks, which may stain stamps and/or leave residue. Working with such inks you need to be conscious about it and work around this fact. Like moving from lighter to darker when work with one stamp and inks or different colors. With Altenew inks I didn’t need to care about it. I positioned one stamp, mounted it to the MISTI lid and then stamped onto different pieces of white cardstock in different colors. Then I positioned another layer and stamped it several times changing cardstock pieces and inks. I was moving from yellow to pink, from pink to blue and the other way around and you can see that I got stamp impressions of true colors. No ink mixing happened.

Next I created kind of field of pansies by adhering all flower and leaves onto the card base. Some elements are adhered flat, some – foam mounted.

For the sentiment I die-cut a word love using a die from Script Words set and adhered it kind of in between of greenery. All my die-cuts have white borders around the stamped images. And stand out against the gray card base. In order to bring some more white to the card to so to speak establish that white is eligible here – I opted the word die cut to be white.

Then I stamped the base (or whatever is that “table like thing” is called). The original stamp of this thing is pretty wide, I wanted it to be shorter. So I used partial stamping to make it shorter. First I inked one half of the stamp and stamp it. And then shifted it, inked the other side and stamp it again. Then I die cut it with matching die using partial die-cutting technique.

I cut a panel out of Solar White cardstock and cut a window in it. I used a circle die to cut a window. But I only partially die cut the circle, leaving the bottom part not cut. Then I finished of the die-cut by cutting with my craft knife.

I made an A2 card base made out of Solar White cardstock, cut and a piece of Birch Wood cardstock (slightly bigger then the panel window) and adhered it onto the card base in the spot where the panel window would be.

Next I foam mounted the panel in question. And then foam mounted all elements, creating an indoor garden scene.

HALLOWEEN WITH TREE RING DIE

If you are following me for a while – you may know it already. If you’re new here – welcome! There is one thing you should know about me. I have many craft obsessions – colors, themes or textures that make me thrill. Wood is one of them. And the new Tree Ring die is right up my alley. Altenew Tree Ring stencil already stole my heart before. And now this die – [a smile with heart eyes here].

All being said can sound odd considering the card below ;). Well, I just had to tell a couple of words about this amazing die that I love so much. Soon I’ll do a project using it as a tree ring.

But today I want to show something different. Back when I was making a card with the stencil I saw a spider web in this design. So I decided to stretch this die and use it in this role.

For the sentiment I die cut letters for boo word out of the same Jet Black cardstock using dies from Calligraphy Alpha die set. And adhered them in the bottom part of the panel. The font of this set is not intended to be Halloweeny, but in black along with spider webs I think it looks like a spooky one 😉

To finish my card off I adhered the panel onto a black card base and added several sequins from Wicked Fusion.

BLOOMING BOUQUET

My last card is made using gorgeous Blooming Bouquet stamp set. This set is very versatile. You can use the biggest stamp from it and just stamp or heat emboss it, add a sentiment and with no effort get a very beautiful and elegant card. Of if you like to sit and play and spend some time for a card, you can mix and match images from this set, use masking, coloring – you name it!

My card is on a bit complicated side. I used two ways of masking here – using masking liquid and clear embossing. I even filmed a video for this card, it was last minute decision and I still need to add a voice over to it. I will add it to this post later today.

I removed the masking liquid using Pik-Up tool and colored the image with COPIC markers. I colored flowers in orange-yellow shades and leaves I made “white” (to be more exact – white with cool gray shadows). I white emboss the bouquet using Pure White embossing powder. Along with adding some white embossed dots here and there. To drew dots I was using Versamarker. And the main reason I decided to add them is the fact, that I made an epic fail and got some areas of my background clear embossed (on the step when I was clear embossing splatters). So I added some more dots and white embossing mess to kind of work around this failure.

To finish my card off I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base, added a sentiment and several clear droplets.

UPDATED: Adding a video where I share the process of this card creation.

PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 27th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Sunday, July 30th.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by Thursday, July 27th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Saturday, July 29th.

WINNER

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Vika.

Congratulations!

I will be e-mailing you the instructions of how to claim your prize. If you don’t receive an e-mail from me within 24 hrs – please check your spam folder and do’t hesitate to contact me.

SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), etc.
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Mary W

July 20, 2017

I just love how your succulents are placed on these cards. A set of them would make such a nice gift. My favorite stamp is the pansy stamp and I really love how they are peeking out from the leaves to say hi!

Janet Newberry

Colleen Howell

Michele W

July 20, 2017

Your cards are amazing! You have a great eye for detail and the way you used the tree ring die to make spider webs is really creative. While I loved all your cards, my favorite is the floral bouquet. I look forward to watching the video so I can see how you made that great background!

Billie A

Kim Maxwell

July 20, 2017

Such fun cards, but seriously that last card….oh m goodness….it is absolutely breathtaking!!! I love love love the color combo you used, it is one of my all time favorites. Wow….just cant say enough good things about it…. you have inspired me so much!! Thanks so much for sharing!

Michele F

MARLENE KLING

July 20, 2017

I am 85 yrs. old and am trying my hand at making cards. Watching you design and assemble cards is fantastic. Even my arthritic hands could manage trying to do something like this. I LOVE TO WATERCOLOR and loved your cards. Thank you for sharing your God given talent with the crafting world.

Sandra Colebank

Barbara Lambe

Sue D.

July 20, 2017

Beautiful cards… I really like your use of the Indoor Garden stamp set and the natural paper background. I also love all the gorgeous details on your Blooming Bouquet card. It’s amazing! TFS your awesome talent..

Dar

Helen

July 20, 2017

Svitlana, these cards each showcase the new release so uniquely. I like each one for its uniqueness but I think I like the floral on gray with the touches of yellow flowers the best. Thanks for sharing all of them.

Pam

Maggie B

July 20, 2017

Hi Svitlana ~ Your cards are creatively lovely (I also saw a spider web in the tree die!) but I especially love the one with the pansies. Pansies are such happy flowers (each with its own face!) and you’ve showcased them beautifully. Thanks so much for sharing and have a wonderful weekend! ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters

Teri Ann

Allene Frederick

Teri S.

July 21, 2017

The card you made the video for is absolutely Gorgeous! It was a multi-step process but so worth it in the end. What a beautiful release this is. Thanks for sharing your talent & for the chance to win.

Laura Jane

Mary-Anne V.

Debbie B

July 21, 2017

Beautiful cards! Love those colorful pansies! That bouquet on grey is stunning! Awesome new Altenew release! This one is going to cost me! LOL Loving this blog hop with all it’s talent and inspiration! Thanks for sharing yours!

pansy47

jlingraham

Jodi C.

July 21, 2017

Love your beautiful, stunning florals! Most of all I love your indoor garden card….it is perfection 😍💖! That is the set that caught my eye immediately in just the sneak peak and I can’t wait to start creating with it. Your card has given me fab & fun ideas for it, THANK YOU!

Marjorie Dumontier

July 21, 2017

Wow ! Don’t ask me to choose one of your cards ! They are all different, all interesting and very well realized. I love the super bright look of the Halloween one balanced by the simple design and sketch. Beautiful job !!

Cynthia Cole

ambecoming

July 22, 2017

Loving the layers on the pansy card and the wood background you used for the cactus. I am so happy to see your video. The gray and yellow color scheme is gorgeous. Starting with the softer gray makes it look like you fussy cut all those intricate leaves and branches out of vellum–a very pretty look. And thank you for showing the mistakes as well as the fixes–so helpful for the rest of us clumsy-fingered, inky handed, glitter-coated cardmaking wannabe’s.

Laurie DiGregorio

NCDonna

July 22, 2017

My fave is your amazing Halloween card with those gorgeous colors setting off the tree ring webs, but I’m intrigued with your potted plant idea with the window behind it and the softness of the whole look. Bravo!!

carol

Julie B

Dennisonka

July 22, 2017

Great video! Lots of unique ideas and techniques … I particularly liked the fact that you heat embossed after your masking and coloring was done – I have never thought to do that! Thanks for the inspiration.

Sharon Taylor

Tracey Magner

July 22, 2017

What BEAUTIFUL Pansies, that card is so beautiful. I thought it was so super creative how you stretched that stencil into a web and made a Halloween card ( which is my favorite holiday ), that was such an amazing card and your third card was just stunning. Thanks so much for sharing 3 great cards with us.

Gail Alcorn

Valerija

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Jan Arnold

July 23, 2017

Your cards are amazing! But the gray and yellow card with the Blooming Bouquet stamp set is definitely my favorite…. It’s stunning! That set is fantastic and I think must be at the top of my list as I plan on how to stretch my craft budget to include everything I want from this release! Love the Halloween card too – not sure I would have seen the spiderweb without your help! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

D.Ann C

Carol Henderson

July 23, 2017

My goodness, you were very busy creating four cards for this blog hop. And every one of them is great and every one is different. I love them all! Finding another way to use the tree ring was very clever of you. It helps if we can find additional uses of our purchases as is justifies the purchase.

Jennifer K

July 23, 2017

I really love all of your cards, they are all so beautiful! The card you showed us in the video I think is stunning, I love the grey background with the yellow flowers and I think the way you kept the rest of the bouquet white really looks amazing!!!

Rachel P

Sharaine Cone

Kateri

July 27, 2017

It is so nice to see the different ways people use the stamps. You have so many pretty cards and ideas. Really enjoyed seeing all the cards you did gives me ideas too. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Jennifer Lee

July 27, 2017

Hi there, thanks for so much inspiration! You have shown me how crazy awesome layering lots of colour onto grey backgrounds is! I would have never thought to do that but Wow I am so thrilled to have had the chance to see just how amazing that look is! I love all your projects but am blown away at your pansy card the most!! Thanks for the great idea!!